How to Master Nursing Calculations

Improve Your Maths and Make Sense of Drug Dosage Charts

How to Master Nursing Calculations, 2nd edition, combines basic numeracy revision and practice with drug dosage charts and mock tests to help you gain confidence and competence in your studies and on the ward.

Paperback£12.99

Ebook£10.82

Print + ebook bundle£16.30

Ebooks are subject to sales tax in many regions, including all EU countries. Tax will be calculated at the checkout where applicable.

About the book

For the maths-phobic, this 2nd edition of the best-selling How to Master Nursing Calculations, is ideal practice for learning key numeracy skills. The perfect companion for your training and in the first few crucial years of your career, it builds your competency through practice, revision and every day examples. Contents includes a review of the basics, clear illustrations of instrument scales, medical administration records and pharmaceutical labels as well as a detailed guide to reading drug dosage charts.

Including a brand new list of important abbreviations and a section on how to make drug calculations without equations - requiring little mathematical knowledge - How to Master NursingCalculations, 2nd edition, will help you master complex dosages and turn you into a maths whiz.

About the authors

Chris John Tyreman

Chris Tyreman has 12 years' experience coaching candidates in Maths, English and IQ tests. He is a tutor for distance learners studying for GCSE Maths and the QTS skills tests and the author of learning materials used in colleges of further and higher education. He has written How to Master Calculations, also published by Kogan Page.

Reviews

Karen Dorner (DN Sister, RGN), Journal of Community Nursing

I found the simple explanations and examples easy to follow and was able to quickly refresh my memory and hone my skills in key areas of calculation. The chapter progression is logical and the examples clear and easy to follow. I would recommend this text as appropriate for all nurses, regardless of experience, and particularly as a refresher for those embarking on degree modules such as Independent Prescribing where numeracy skills are an essential element of the course.

Customer review

I have bought this book recently and I cannot believe at how much I have improved in my drug calculations! Brilliant.

Customer review

I bought this to help me refresh my basic maths in preparation for the university entry tests for Children's Nursing. It was 27 years since I'd done my Maths O Level, so I was rusty to say the least! This book is fantastic. I believe it is the reason I passed my course entry test.

Customer review

The mock tests at the end of the book are invaluable and will be used as a tool for renewing and updating knowledge through my training as a Paediatric Nurse.

Customer review

Brilliantly explained, well laid out, good worked examples and essential for all students who are not natural born mathematicians.

I found the simple explanations and examples easy to follow and was able to quickly refresh my memory and hone my skills in key areas of calculation. The chapter progression is logical and the examples clear and easy to follow. I would recommend this text as appropriate for all nurses, regardless of experience, and particularly as a refresher for those embarking on degree modules such as Independent Prescribing where numeracy skills are an essential element of the course.